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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 49185

A needle or fine tube is passed through the skin into a pocket of fluid such as a cyst, a collection of lymph fluid, or a seroma left after surgery, with imaging used to guide it and contrast injected first to show the size and shape of the pocket. A solution is then injected that irritates the lining so the pocket scars down and stops refilling. It can be done wherever such a collection forms, not only in the abdomen or pelvis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution cost?

$2,010

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$155 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$631 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,981Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$2,010

$661 physician + $1,349 facility

HI $4,440MD $808

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.